About half a month ago, after Hutier carefully studied the course of the Battle of Ferenta de Noir, he suggested to the General Staff that the German defense lines should be withdrawn to Sedan and rely on the mountains there to block the foreign legions.
The pace of armored forces.
At the same time, Hutier was also strongly urging the German army to develop tanks. In Hutier's view, tanks, like naval battleships, can only compete with each other if they are of the same tonnage.
It has to be said that Hutier's understanding of tanks is very correct, and Hutier's suggestions are also timely, but unfortunately, they are not very realistic.
At this time, it was already very difficult for Germany to maintain the current scale of logistics supply, and it simply did not have the conditions to produce such a big waste of resources as tanks.
As for withdrawing the defense line to Sedan, there is not much possibility.
Sedan is about 80 kilometers away from Reims and only 14 kilometers away from the border between France and Belgium. If the Germans withdraw to Sedan, it will be almost equivalent to withdrawing from French territory. This will cause the German army to begin to doubt their efforts over the past three years.
The value of the results obtained.
This is a life-threatening burden that the German General Staff and even the German government cannot bear.
Since neither this nor that will work, Hutier can only lead the 18th Army to endure it.
But after all, the arms can't twist the thighs. When the strength gap reaches a certain level, Hu Tier can't do anything.
Hutier was filled with anger. In the next battle, he would have to use the flesh and blood of German soldiers to fight against the steel torrent of the Foreign Legion.
As for what the outcome will be, not only God knows it, but Hutier also knows it.
Like Hu Tier, Qin Zhiyuan is also full of anger.
Something happened to the field hospital in the Romini area.
Just ten days ago, the Japanese Sixth Division launched their only combat operation so far. This blind combat operation brought heavy casualties to the Sixth Division, with 5,700 people killed and more than 400 injured.
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Looking at this casualty ratio, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will feel that the data is reversed.
These wounded soldiers were sent to the field hospital set up in the Romini area that day and received medical treatment from Chinese military doctors and French nurses.
There are currently nearly 1,000 Chinese wounded soldiers in this field hospital, as well as nearly 4,000 Annan wounded soldiers, and nearly 10,000 French wounded soldiers. There are also wounded soldiers among the Germans captured by the 17th Army, but they have not been admitted to the battlefield.
Hospital qualifications allowed him to only receive medical treatment from German medical soldiers in prisoner of war camps.
Don't talk nonsense like there is no nationality for the wounded in the eyes of doctors. The Virgin Bitch can't survive more than an hour on the battlefield.
Before the Japanese wounded were admitted to the field hospital, the atmosphere in the field hospital was very harmonious. The Chinese and French Annan people got along well, and the doctor-patient relationship was also very harmonious, just like a real big family.
But after the Japanese wounded were admitted to the field hospital, the harmonious relationship seemed to slowly change, and a strange atmosphere began to spread.
I would like to explain here that there is a custom in Japan that the Japanese military does not mind if all members of a unit are from the same area. The Japanese military believes that hometown relations will increase the cohesion of the unit and thereby enhance the combat effectiveness of the unit.
The Sixth Division comes from the Kumamoto area and is also known as the Kumamoto Division. It is one of the six oldest divisions in Japanese history.
The folk customs in Kumamoto are fierce and aggressive. Because there are many mines in the Kumamoto area, most of the soldiers in the Kumamoto army are miners. They have not received much education and regard joining the army as a better way out than being a miner.
Such a unit composed of miners has strong combat effectiveness, but military discipline is out of the question. Therefore, the Sixth Division is one of the divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness within the Japanese army, and it is also the division with the worst military discipline. This one has no
one.
Before arriving in Europe, the miners of the Sixth Division still had a certain fear of Europeans. Coupled with the strict requirements of the division leader Akashi Genjiro, the miners were able to maintain a certain degree of discipline and did not cause too much trouble.
Big problem.
But since the miners were injured and admitted to field hospitals, these miners who were cared for by French female nurses finally revealed their true colors.
The Sixth Division was famous for its inability to control its crotch in another time and space. The blood debts committed by this unit are too numerous to mention. It can be said that a large part of the reason why the Chinese hate the Japanese is because of the Sixth Division's
Doing many evil things.
Before the Japanese arrived in France, the relationship between the French and the Chinese was still good. Although some deep-rooted old stubborns clamored for the Yellow Peril, for ordinary French people, especially those who had received a certain education, the Chinese were not unable to communicate.
It's not so weird and hard to understand.
At least in the hospital, because most of the doctors are Chinese, the French female nurses have a good relationship with the Chinese, and some of them even have a secret love.
The arrival of the Japanese ruined all this.
According to the creed of Nightingale, the goddess of the lamp, caring for patients should be as meticulous as family members, and be as considerate and friendly as caring for children.
Therefore, French female nurses take care of patients with extra care. Asking questions is just the basics, bandaging and changing dressings are just their duties. They wipe the bodies of seriously injured patients on time and even help them go to the toilet.
This is normal in the first place and is a sign of the nurse's due diligence, but in the eyes of some miners who have extremely low self-esteem deep down and long for respect from Europeans, it becomes a sign of favoritism.
These miners don't want to think about it. You are less than 1.5 meters tall, with a build like Wu Dalang, with the word "obscene" written all over your face, and you can't stop drooling when you talk to people even if you have a serious expression.
What qualifications do you have to make a French girl fall in love with you?
But in the eyes of some extremely narcissistic people, everything is possible. Maybe the French girl likes her non-trivial tone.
So one night while Qin Zhiyuan was waiting for the flares, two Japanese wounded soldiers who were about to recover kidnapped a French female nurse. The two originally wanted to talk to the nurse about their life ideals, but they didn't expect that the female nurse didn't have that.
Meaning, so the two miners kidnapped the female nurse into the women's restroom and prepared to do something evil.
Speaking of wanting to have a threesome in the women's restroom, Japanese people are indeed perverts.
Fortunately, they were discovered by a Chinese military doctor who was doing rounds, and the two miners did not succeed.
The Chinese military doctor immediately reported it to the guards stationed at the field hospital, and the two miners were arrested in accordance with the law.
Because of the Japanese policy of building an army, the wounded Japanese soldiers in the hospital were basically fellow countrymen. Therefore, when the guards arrested two miners, a minor conflict broke out. In the end, fifteen more Japanese soldiers were arrested.
Soldiers were arrested.
It's really shameless.
When the matter reached this level, it was beyond the control of Mao Shiba, director of the field hospital, so the matter was reported to Qin Zhiyuan.
Qin Zhiyuan immediately called for Akashi Genjiro and prepared to shoot all the troublemaking soldiers and implement military law.
Shooting him to death would be overkill, right? Akashi Genjiro was proficient in Chinese, so he used Chinese to argue with Qin Zhiyuan.
How could it be an overkill? During the war, criminal acts should be severely punished, especially crimes against one's own people. Qin Zhiyuan is not bad at all. Even if Genjiro Akashi speaks Japanese, Qin Zhiyuan can
Have a debate-level discussion with Akashi Genjiro.
But they did not cause serious consequences, and they did not even have time to touch the woman. If they were sentenced to death because of this, it would be too much. Akashi Genjiro insisted.
Akashi Genjiro had a reason to fight. In fact, if the parties concerned were appeased, it would not cause much trouble, but if the two Japanese soldiers were shot according to Qin Zhiyuan's decision, then this matter would
rise to the level of a country.
At this time, Japan was trying to move closer to Europe. The Japanese wanted to establish a new image, a new image of a civilized person, an image of a civilized person recognized by Western countries.
In this way, news that is insulting to the state cannot appear, and what happened in Romini Hospital is obviously news that is insulting to the state.
Like the Chinese, this is also the first time that the Japanese have appeared collectively in front of ordinary people in Europe. If such a news comes out, Akashi Genjiro is almost certain that the national image that Japan has worked so hard to build in Europe over the years will be gone.
live.
But how could Qin Zhiyuan let go of such an opportunity, so Qin Zhiyuan sternly refused: This is not too much at all. Even this matter will not end just because the person who made the mistake is punished. You must strictly enforce military discipline after you go back. Absolutely
Similar incidents cannot happen again.
Of course, I have emphasized the seriousness of military aircraft, but in this matter, please be noble. I can privately compensate the lady with some cash and ensure her understanding. I believe she will not do anything for her country.
The warriors who shed their blood and died were too harsh to criticize. Akashi Genjiro wanted to make the big thing trivial.
Bribery, or bribery, is a common method used by the Japanese. Of course, these methods are indeed effective in many cases.
But just like you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, there are always some people who will refuse the Japanese bribes for some reasons.
For example, Qin Zhiyuan.
This is still a matter of national interest. If the image of the Japanese in the international community is better, then the Chinese will be in a worse light. This is almost certain. Because they are both in East Asia, the Chinese will often be compared with the Japanese.
When people make comparisons, if a country has a tall image, then there must be a country that has a short, poor and ugly image.
Without foil, how can there be an image?
Mr. Qin, I asked Akashi Genjiro to bow ninety degrees, and he was so bowed that he could not get up.
Mr. Akashi, there is no room for accommodation on this matter. Qin Zhiyuan's heart is as strong as iron.
So, is Mr. Qin going to stick to this matter to the end? Akashi Genjiro stood up straight and his eyes turned cold.
Unfortunately, there is still a big gap between him and Qin Zhiyuan in height, and he looks very uncoordinated.
We must insist that the sanctity of military discipline cannot be blasphemed against Qin Zhiyuan's righteous words.
Can I interpret this as you being angry at Akashi Genjiro's prejudice against the Sixth Division and taking this matter to a racial level?
No matter how unaccommodating Qin Zhiyuan is, race is race. In international relations, everyone should be racist.
Very good. Akashi Genjiro's face was ashen, he turned around and walked away.
Qin Zhiyuan smiled as if he had seen the end of the Sixth Division.
